UFS (of BSDs) is under the most liberal license possible, yet it's definitely not the most widely used. FAT32 is patented by MS, and it is the most widely used. So, do you still think the problem is GPL?
Neanderthals were social, tool making beings. A solitary human being, raised in isolation, is not more more capable than a Neanderthal. This same human being will also be very maladjusted and unhappy, and thus not display "normal" behavior.
So, we must be fully ready to accept this thing as a sentient being, or not at all. Simply assuming that it could be kept locked up in a zoo or like a mental patient will reflect poorly.
And don't get me started on the obvious religious objections this project would face.
Wow, that is the worst form of codec abuse I've seen yet. I mean, I've heard of people trying new things, but what kind of twisted mind would come up with the perversion of using mp3 codec to compress images? And don't even get me started with bombarding the poor audio codec with bits that it can't recognize! Think of the children!
You! Stay away from that codec! I'm calling the FBI.
(Seriously, the whole HAL-photoshop drawing tests only confirms that sound has a lot of redundancy, especially in the frequency domain. That's why mp3s work. Compressed binary bits, as are in jpeg files, are whole another beast. If you are curious about how you can use the audible range to transmit information, look into how modems work. Oh, and the whole "groundbreaking paradigm-shifting vision that sounds are images" is actually very old--bits are bits.)
Before MaBell was broken up, only Bell System phones could be connected to the phone line. And they charged arms and legs for that phone. Why? One, you didn't have alternatives, and two, if they charged too little, then customers wouldn't appreciate the service as much.
The price of something has very little to do with cost, especially in software. How much is an accounting program worth it to you? How much is it worth to a business? What if that software cost $20,000, and runs only on Windows with no alternatives? $200 is cheap in comparison.
Add to this the fact that OS is bundled with the computer (no direct means of perceiving the cost), it's very wise to set the retail price high. See, our product must be good to cost that much.
As much as I like GNU/Linux (3/4 of my boxes boot Linux), for most people, it's worth paying the $100 -$200 to get an OS that runs all the other popular software.
There are lots of fuel economy tips from various people, but the real effective ones are the ones you verify yourself. Go buy a real time mileage meter (I own a ScangaugeII), and see how you do in your vehicle on your driving routes.
For an example: My car (accord manual) can gets the best mileage at 55mph at 2100rpm on level ground. However, when I have to go over a mountain pass, I do much better doing 70mpg at 2800rpm, because at 55-65, my engine runs WOT but rich, drastically cutting my mileage.
My scangauge taught me to avoid some bad habits, and now I average about 15% improvement in fuel economy overall. At $3+/gallon, the gauge has already paid for itself.
So, yes, you can improve economy by keeping that throttle open and the RPM low -- as long as your computerized fuel injected engine doesn't perform WOT enrichment (or you disable that feature).
Since your "exception" is basically 90%+ of cars on the road, you are actually agreeing with the gp?
I used to host my own personal email, until it became too much of a hassle. Among the many out there, I settled on tuffmail.com, as they have really amazing spam filtering, as well as low rates and reliable service. Their smtp grey listing is really amazing.
I don't have anything to do with the company, except being a happy customer.
the oil you are using to fill your gas tank isn't buying guns for terrorists
You are being simpleminded. US has sanctions against Iran, so of course it's zero. But Iran sells to the rest of the world at *global market price*, which means they reap all the benefits of current high oil prices regardless. Therefore, more guns for terrorists. Not only that, Both US and Mexico has peaked in production, which means if we don't trim consumption, greater portion of oil *will* come from other oil rich and unfriendly countries like Venezuela. Increasing US production by digging in Alaska is a bandaid to a much serious problem.
Well, I thought the part about destroying old "garments" were interesting.
1. remove the markings and destroy them.
2. Destroy the garments as to be unrecognizable.
My question is, what markings (Holy? Secret?), and why make them unrecognizable?
Nitrogen is part of both DNA and amino acids. Therefore all life as we know it requires it. We can speculate about other types of lifeforms that doesn't use DNA, but as far as we know the, nitrogenases are the only enzymes that takes nitrogen gas to a usable form (ammonia).
It is important to realize that life on earth didn't all come to existence at once. Animals cannot breath CO2 not because it can't evolve for it but because our metabolism depends on oxygen. Without plants fixing CO2 and putting out O2, *for millions of years*, animals couldn't exist. Plants couldn't evolve to fix nitrogen in the similar way. Read up on the nitrogen cycle.
According to their website, MIT's tuition is 35K/yr + 10k in housing. If your parents will foot 30k, that's only 15k year you need to pay. I'd say that's a good deal for an education that'll keep paying you after you graduate.
If you think that's too much, go to a good community college for the first two years, transfer, and still get that MIT degree. The introductory classes are generally taught better at some of these places.
Or, most states schools have great programs, diverse people, and provide excellent education.
Ah, but you forget the upside. When the machines start thinking for us, we can finally give up this civilization bs and just go back to doing what we've been evolved to do in the first place, mostly make babies and hunt game. Humanity would have finally achieved universal peace and happiness, no matter what some movie might tell you. And those of you who wants to reach for other goals like exploration and knowledge can be free to do so. The most of humanity will just accept the program, and be at peace.
This is an interesting revenue model. If company A pays for a security audit, any exploits found are "bought" only once by company A. In this case, these guys can keep selling the exploit again and again, including to company A, but then to many others.
Russia has taken Capitalism to their hearts--principles be damned, everything has a price. It's funny how most of slashdot is lamenting good vs evil, while a clear profit is to be had. What happened to American business spirit? We should be proud that we exported capitalism to Russia, and stop bitching when they do it better than us. </sarcasm>
Mod parent up!
All these toll schemes, fuel mileage standards, etc are just different way of beating around the bushes. If the tax on gasoline was 100% (because almost all of the gas is used up on *public* roads), we'd cut traffic and have more money for public transit. And it'll give the oil companies a heart attack, which is a Good Thing (Tm).
I think 128-bit time format, 64 for integer and 64 for fraction, is better. From wikipedia: "The 64 bit value for the fraction is enough to resolve the amount of time it takes a photon to pass an electron at the speed of light. The 64 bit second value is enough to provide unambiguous time representation until the universe goes dim."[1] Indeed, 2^64 seconds is about 54 zeptoseconds, and 2^64 seconds is about 585 billion years.
Exactly. Except the violin is a Stradivari, and it's Joshua Bell playing it. Or John Coltrane playing the sax. Or Dixie chicks. Or Britney Spears. Or whatever. I like the illusion of "Being There". It is very enjoyable.
I am an audiophile, but not a crazy one. I have a simple test for anyone's sound system. Try this out sometime.
Put one some music, preferably recorded live. Something with a single instrument--like guitar, violin, or sax. Make sure its something without amplification.
Play it at a volume that gives you the illusion that the instrument is in the room. On a decent system and a good recording this shouldn't be too hard.
Now here is the test. Step into the adjacent room. Ask yourself if the illusion still exists. Does it sound like there is someone playing the guitar in the next room? Or does it sound like it's coming from a box?
Most setups fail this test. They will sound "boxy" somehow. My setup passes this test with flying colors. It wasn't that expensive put together. I don't have tube amps (distortion), turntable (more distortion), nor $5000 cables (useless). What I do have is a faithful reproduction of sound that was recorded. When listening to CD's, most distortions I notice these days are poor mixing, poor miking, poor eq, dynamic compression, and other terrible things done during production. And my speakers faithfully reproduces these without "warming" them or "soothing" them or something.
Who would have thought consolidating servers would require less staff? If your company is thinking about doing Virtualization, make sure you are in charge of what remains of the pie!
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UFS (of BSDs) is under the most liberal license possible, yet it's definitely not the most widely used. FAT32 is patented by MS, and it is the most widely used. So, do you still think the problem is GPL?
Neanderthals were social, tool making beings. A solitary human being, raised in isolation, is not more more capable than a Neanderthal. This same human being will also be very maladjusted and unhappy, and thus not display "normal" behavior.
So, we must be fully ready to accept this thing as a sentient being, or not at all. Simply assuming that it could be kept locked up in a zoo or like a mental patient will reflect poorly.
And don't get me started on the obvious religious objections this project would face.
Wow, that is the worst form of codec abuse I've seen yet. I mean, I've heard of people trying new things, but what kind of twisted mind would come up with the perversion of using mp3 codec to compress images? And don't even get me started with bombarding the poor audio codec with bits that it can't recognize! Think of the children!
You! Stay away from that codec! I'm calling the FBI.
(Seriously, the whole HAL-photoshop drawing tests only confirms that sound has a lot of redundancy, especially in the frequency domain. That's why mp3s work. Compressed binary bits, as are in jpeg files, are whole another beast. If you are curious about how you can use the audible range to transmit information, look into how modems work. Oh, and the whole "groundbreaking paradigm-shifting vision that sounds are images" is actually very old--bits are bits.)
Monopoly, meet perceived value.
Before MaBell was broken up, only Bell System phones could be connected to the phone line. And they charged arms and legs for that phone. Why? One, you didn't have alternatives, and two, if they charged too little, then customers wouldn't appreciate the service as much.
The price of something has very little to do with cost, especially in software. How much is an accounting program worth it to you? How much is it worth to a business? What if that software cost $20,000, and runs only on Windows with no alternatives? $200 is cheap in comparison.
Add to this the fact that OS is bundled with the computer (no direct means of perceiving the cost), it's very wise to set the retail price high. See, our product must be good to cost that much.
As much as I like GNU/Linux (3/4 of my boxes boot Linux), for most people, it's worth paying the $100 -$200 to get an OS that runs all the other popular software.
There are lots of fuel economy tips from various people, but the real effective ones are the ones you verify yourself. Go buy a real time mileage meter (I own a ScangaugeII), and see how you do in your vehicle on your driving routes.
For an example: My car (accord manual) can gets the best mileage at 55mph at 2100rpm on level ground. However, when I have to go over a mountain pass, I do much better doing 70mpg at 2800rpm, because at 55-65, my engine runs WOT but rich, drastically cutting my mileage.
My scangauge taught me to avoid some bad habits, and now I average about 15% improvement in fuel economy overall. At $3+/gallon, the gauge has already paid for itself.
So, yes, you can improve economy by keeping that throttle open and the RPM low -- as long as your computerized fuel injected engine doesn't perform WOT enrichment (or you disable that feature).
Since your "exception" is basically 90%+ of cars on the road, you are actually agreeing with the gp?
I used to host my own personal email, until it became too much of a hassle. Among the many out there, I settled on tuffmail.com, as they have really amazing spam filtering, as well as low rates and reliable service. Their smtp grey listing is really amazing.
I don't have anything to do with the company, except being a happy customer.
For international, nay, global event like this, could you please post the time in UTC? At least that way I don't have to convert the time TWICE.
It only works for your own password. My password is **********. See?
I agree. This strategy would definitely work for this one company I have in mind.
the oil you are using to fill your gas tank isn't buying guns for terrorists
You are being simpleminded. US has sanctions against Iran, so of course it's zero. But Iran sells to the rest of the world at *global market price*, which means they reap all the benefits of current high oil prices regardless. Therefore, more guns for terrorists. Not only that, Both US and Mexico has peaked in production, which means if we don't trim consumption, greater portion of oil *will* come from other oil rich and unfriendly countries like Venezuela. Increasing US production by digging in Alaska is a bandaid to a much serious problem.
Those websites are grossly misrepresentative.
US produced 1.9 gigabarrels last year, and imported 4.9 gigabarrels. We got 0.9 gigabarrels from canada.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf/brochures/gasoline/index.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_ep00_im0_mbbl_a.htm
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbbl_a.htm
If you drive a BMW with iDrive, Yes.
Well, I thought the part about destroying old "garments" were interesting.
1. remove the markings and destroy them.
2. Destroy the garments as to be unrecognizable.
My question is, what markings (Holy? Secret?), and why make them unrecognizable?
As soon as you said "Bose", you lost all respect among us audio folk.
Nitrogen is part of both DNA and amino acids. Therefore all life as we know it requires it. We can speculate about other types of lifeforms that doesn't use DNA, but as far as we know the, nitrogenases are the only enzymes that takes nitrogen gas to a usable form (ammonia).
It is important to realize that life on earth didn't all come to existence at once. Animals cannot breath CO2 not because it can't evolve for it but because our metabolism depends on oxygen. Without plants fixing CO2 and putting out O2, *for millions of years*, animals couldn't exist. Plants couldn't evolve to fix nitrogen in the similar way. Read up on the nitrogen cycle.
BTW, IMAB (I am a biologist).
According to their website, MIT's tuition is 35K/yr + 10k in housing. If your parents will foot 30k, that's only 15k year you need to pay. I'd say that's a good deal for an education that'll keep paying you after you graduate.
If you think that's too much, go to a good community college for the first two years, transfer, and still get that MIT degree. The introductory classes are generally taught better at some of these places.
Or, most states schools have great programs, diverse people, and provide excellent education.
And no, counting cards will not pay your tuition.
Ah, but you forget the upside. When the machines start thinking for us, we can finally give up this civilization bs and just go back to doing what we've been evolved to do in the first place, mostly make babies and hunt game. Humanity would have finally achieved universal peace and happiness, no matter what some movie might tell you. And those of you who wants to reach for other goals like exploration and knowledge can be free to do so. The most of humanity will just accept the program, and be at peace.
This is an interesting revenue model. If company A pays for a security audit, any exploits found are "bought" only once by company A. In this case, these guys can keep selling the exploit again and again, including to company A, but then to many others.
Russia has taken Capitalism to their hearts--principles be damned, everything has a price. It's funny how most of slashdot is lamenting good vs evil, while a clear profit is to be had. What happened to American business spirit? We should be proud that we exported capitalism to Russia, and stop bitching when they do it better than us. </sarcasm>
Mod parent up! All these toll schemes, fuel mileage standards, etc are just different way of beating around the bushes. If the tax on gasoline was 100% (because almost all of the gas is used up on *public* roads), we'd cut traffic and have more money for public transit. And it'll give the oil companies a heart attack, which is a Good Thing (Tm).
I think 128-bit time format, 64 for integer and 64 for fraction, is better. From wikipedia: "The 64 bit value for the fraction is enough to resolve the amount of time it takes a photon to pass an electron at the speed of light. The 64 bit second value is enough to provide unambiguous time representation until the universe goes dim."[1] Indeed, 2^64 seconds is about 54 zeptoseconds, and 2^64 seconds is about 585 billion years.
On the front page, all the articles have 25 comments. Coincidence? Think not.
Exactly. Except the violin is a Stradivari, and it's Joshua Bell playing it. Or John Coltrane playing the sax. Or Dixie chicks. Or Britney Spears. Or whatever. I like the illusion of "Being There". It is very enjoyable.
I am an audiophile, but not a crazy one. I have a simple test for anyone's sound system. Try this out sometime.
Put one some music, preferably recorded live. Something with a single instrument--like guitar, violin, or sax. Make sure its something without amplification. Play it at a volume that gives you the illusion that the instrument is in the room. On a decent system and a good recording this shouldn't be too hard.
Now here is the test. Step into the adjacent room. Ask yourself if the illusion still exists. Does it sound like there is someone playing the guitar in the next room? Or does it sound like it's coming from a box?
Most setups fail this test. They will sound "boxy" somehow. My setup passes this test with flying colors. It wasn't that expensive put together. I don't have tube amps (distortion), turntable (more distortion), nor $5000 cables (useless). What I do have is a faithful reproduction of sound that was recorded. When listening to CD's, most distortions I notice these days are poor mixing, poor miking, poor eq, dynamic compression, and other terrible things done during production. And my speakers faithfully reproduces these without "warming" them or "soothing" them or something.
Oh, and vinyls sound like crap on my system.
Who would have thought consolidating servers would require less staff? If your company is thinking about doing Virtualization, make sure you are in charge of what remains of the pie!